Hopefully, the series will attempt to account for the major influence that Wall Street and the big banks have had in creating this income disparity. I am certain they have played a major role in it. But the big question is “How can it be corrected?”

Richard C. Swanson, Narragansett

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To the Editor:

The May 4 front-page story (“Fractured”) came as no surprise to me. It states: “Incomes in the two poorest classes have declined, creating greater demand for social services. The middle class, the bedrock of Rhode Island’s economy, lost ground from 1990 to 2010.”

There is a correlation between this travesty and the over-powerful liberal labor stronghold policies that have made the poor poorer and have taken down the middle class, as well.